Well-bucket.



W. P. JAY.

WELL BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED 0017,1913.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914 E1 Hons,

NU IRIS PETERS C0,. PHoT0-L!THO.. WASHINGTON, c. T

WILLIAM F. JAY, or DAVENPORT, OKLAHOMA; I

WELL-BUCKET.

Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed October 7, 1913. Serial No. 793,931.

To all whom itmay concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. JAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at;

Davenport, in the county of Lincoln and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Well-Buckets, of which the following is a specification.

well buckets for bored or drilled wells, and

particularly to a novel construction of metal bottom for such buckets, and metal valve cooperating therewith, which bottom may be attached to the bucket without soldering or riveting, together with means cooperating with the valve whereby an automatic filling and emptying device isproduced; the object of the invention being to provide a well bucket which dispenses with the use of wooden bottoms and leather valves, and

which is entirely automatic in action in the filling and emptying operations, thereby obviating the necessity of handlingthe'valve and providing a sanitary bucket. M

A further object of the invention is to provide a one piece bucket, in connection with parts of the indicated character, whereby simplicity and cheapness of construction and reliabllity and efficiency 1n operatlon are 111-;

sured.

The invention consists of the features of construction, comblnatlon and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which V Figure 1 is a sectional view through a bucket provided with my invention, and illustrating thebucket in the act of being filled. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the filled bucket. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the mode of first emptying the bucket of the greater portion of its contents. Fig. 4.- is a view illustrating the final operation of discharging the remainder of the water from the bucket. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the bucket, showing the valve applied. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 0 Fig. 5. a

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a (preferably) one piece bucket of the character described, the same being made of metal or other suitable material, the bottom 2 of which bucket is provided with a filling and discharge opening 3, and tothe top of which bucket is attached the usual raising and lowering rope or cable 4.

Secured to the center of the lower end of the bucket, and extending across the same,

is a guide bar or strip 5, the ends of which are preferably turned up againstthe outside of the bucket and secured thereto by rivets or other preferred fastenings .5, as shown.

Thesaid strip 5 is provided with a central aperture 6, and extending upwardly. through This invention relates to improvements in is movable through the filling and discharge opening 3. This bracket carries a controlling valve 10, and the stem and valve are normally held in raised position by a coiled 'cushionlng sprlng 11 encircling the stem between a nut, washer or other suitable abutment 12 at the upperend thereof andthe crossbar or strip 5. e

As shown, the bottom 2-is provided with a central depressed portion 14 forming a seat having a beveled marginal face 15 to recelve the valve 10, whlch comprises a dlsklikebody adapted to fit snugly within the depression and provided with 'a beveled or inclined marginal seat flange 16 adapted to closely engage the surface 15, whereby when the valveis in closed position the outlet '3 will be securely sealed. The bottom 2 is further provided'with a down turned rim flange crimpedfto provide an'inwardly extendingflocking' groove or head 17fadapted to receive and interlock with an indented bead 18 upon the bucket body. .As illustrated,utwo or more of the beads18 may be provided upon the body at different elevations so that the bottom 2 will be adjustably mounted relative to the lower end of the bucket body to meet the requirements of service. 'The bottom 2 and valve 10 are' preferably made of sheet metal and the flange 16 has sufficient resiliency to spring into engagement with the bead 18, thus fitting the bottom 2 to be inserted and secured in position without the use of auxiliary fastenings, and at the same time to be readily removed for cleaning when occasion requires. By making the parts described wholly of metal a strong and durable construction of bucket is provided, and it will be observed that the bottom 2 and parts of the valve mechanism are inclosed wholly within the bottom of the bucket, whereby they are housed and protected from injury.

- 10, open allowing the water to flow out;

In practice, the spring is of such strength, relative to the weight of the valve, that it will hold the valve open until the bucket is approximately filled with water, whereupon the weight of the water will force the valve closed. NVhen the bucket is lowered into the well, and descends by reason of its weight, the force or'pressure of the weight of the bucket as it descends causes the valve to be held open until the bucket is filled. As soon as the bucket is filled and comes to a state of rest or is drawn upward,'the pressure of the superincumbent body of the contained water on the valve forces it closed, these operations being illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively. The bucket may be thus elevated out of the well and lowered into the water bucket or other receptacle 19. When the head 8 of stem 7 comes in contact with the bottom of said receptacle, 19, and is thus held stationary, the continued descent of the bucket under its weight will force the valve The water is allowed to discharge into the receptacle 19 until it seeks its level, or more than one half the amount of water is exhausted, whereupon the pressure of the spring 11 will hold the valve open against.

the remainder of the water in the bucket, so that upon raising the bucket out of the receptacle 19 the balance of the water will discharge, as illustrated in Fig. 4:.

' It will be seen that my invention provides a .metal bottom and controlling metal valve for well buckets of the character described which will be automatic in action in opening when the bucket is filled, as well as automatic in action in the operation of emptying the bucket in the manner described, thus obviating the necessity of handling the valve at any time, and producing a sanitary bucket. It will also be seen that the construction described provides a simple form of valve which is reliable and Copies of this patent may he obtained for eificient in action and not liable to get out of order.

I claim 1. A one piece well bucket having a metal filling and discharge opening, said metal bottom grooved and corrugated in said bucket a few inches above the lower end and a bar extending across said end and having a guide aperture, a stem movable through said aperture, a weighted disk like metal valve carried by a V-shaped guiding valve opening bracket and said stem, an expansion spring surrounding the stem between the cross bar and yoke shaped strip of metal the two ends of which are fixed to the valve and projecting downwardly therefrom, to the lower end of which the said stem and spring is attached, serving to normally hold the valve open, said valve, bottom and spring being inclosed by the lower end of the bucket.

2. A one piece well bucket of the character described having a metal filling and discharge opening, a metal bottom rolled and crimped into said bucket a few inches from the lower end, a bar extending across said end opening having a guide aperture a weighted disk like valve with short slightly upturned edge, from which is a.

valve guiding tapered loop projecting through said filling and discharge opening, a stem depending from said loop and movable through said aperture, a coiled spring surrounding the stem between the bar and loop and serving to normally hold the valve open, said valve spring and bottom being protected by the lower tapered end of the bucket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. JAY. Witnesses:

S. A. JAMES, J. A. Prr'rMAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

